Rolling bearing unit with sensor

a technology of rolling bearings and sensors, applied in the direction of instruments, force/torque/work measurement apparatuses, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of high cost and the inability to accurately calculate the ground contact load from the measurement of strain sensors, and achieve the effect of convenient assembly

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-23
JTEKT CORP
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[0022] When the bearing unit is to be used as the sensor-equipped hub unit, the magnetostrictive sensor may be so provided as to be opposed to an outer periphery of a crimp portion for preventing the inner ring from slipping off, or as to be opposed to an outer periphery of the inner shaft. When the sensor is fixed to the end portion of the fixed-side raceway member so as to be opposed to the outer p...

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The units therefore have the problem of necessitating an increased number of assembling steps and a larger number of components to result in a higher cost.
However, the sensor-equipped hub unit disclosed in the third-mentioned publication has the problem that since...

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[0030] Embodiments of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0031]FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of sensor-equipped antifriction bearing unit of the invention. In the following description, the terms “left,”“right,”“upper” and “lower” refer respectively to the left- and right-hand sides and the upper and lower sides of FIGS. 1 to 3. Incidentally, the left-hand side of these drawings is the inside of the vehicle and the right-hand side thereof the outside of the vehicle.

[0032] As shown in FIG. 1, the sensor-equipped antifriction bearing unit comprises a hub unit 1 serving as an antifriction bearing, and a sensor device 2 for detecting the rotation thereof and ground contact loads.

[0033] The hub unit 1 comprises a fixed-side raceway member 3 fixed to a vehicle body, a rotation-side raceway member 4 for a wheel to be attached to, balls 5 serving as rolling bodies arranged in two rows between the two members 3, 4, and retainers 6 for holding the balls ...

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A sensor device 2 has a magnetostrictive sensor 8 provided on a fixed-side raceway member 3 for detecting a gap between the sensor and a rotation-side raceway member 4. and means for processing the output of the magnetostrictive sensor 8. The processing means comprises a rotation detecting unit for determining the speed of rotation of the rotation-side raceway member 4 from the number of repetitions of a variation in the output of the magnetostrictive sensor 8, a unit for averaging output values of the magnetostrictive sensor 8 and a load calculating unit for determining the load acting on an antifriction bearing from the output averaged by the averaging unit.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to sensor-equipped antifriction bearing units comprising an antifriction bearing and a sensor device attached to the bearing for detecting various items of data as to the bearing. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Antifriction bearing units are already known which comprise an antifriction bearing, and a sensor device and a member to be detected, the sensor device and the member to be detected being mounted on the bearing. Such units are used in railroad cars and motor vehicles for supporting an axle or a rotating shaft for transmitting rotation to the axle and for detecting the rotation, i.e., the speed of rotation of the axle or shaft or the angle of rotation thereof. [0003] The publication of JP-U No. 6-47867 discloses such a sensor-equipped antifriction bearing unit comprising a sensor device which is a rotational speed sensor of the electromagnetic induction type and a member to be detected which is in the form of an annular member (pulse...

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IPC IPC(8): G01P3/48F16C19/18F16C19/52F16C33/58F16C33/72G01L5/00G01P3/44G01P3/487G01P3/488
CPCF16C19/186F16C33/723F16C41/007G01L5/0023G01P3/44F16C41/008G01P3/446G01P3/487G01P3/488F16C2326/02G01P3/443F16C19/52F16C33/58G01L5/00
Inventor KOYAGI, KATSURAINOUE, MASAHIRO
Owner JTEKT CORP
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